Travelport dismisses AA’s allegations as ‘ludicrous and without merit’
Travelport says it intends to vigorously defend against a “ludicrous and meritless” antitrust lawsuit filed by American Airlines (AA) in Fort Worth, TX. This is the release issued by Travelport:“AA’s antitrust complaint contains significant factual inaccuracies, including, for example, wron [...]
Hotels, ‘last milking cow’, grappling with rising customer acquisition costs
With customer acquisition costs escalating in an increasingly intermediated distribution environment, hoteliers need to re-think their sales and distribution strategy and regain control of their inventory.Bob Gilbert, CEO of HSMAI (Hotel Sales & Marketing Associates International), visiting Sing [...]
APAC travel in shift mode, one-quarter was booked online in 2013
The Asia Pacific (APAC) travel market is in the midst of a huge and rapid shift from offline to online and mobile channels. Although online travel penetration is increasing at a slower pace than in prior years, a new PhoCusWright study shows that APAC's online bookings are skyrocketing – increasin [...]
Kuoni India, Abacus form strategic partnership
The new partnership will accelerate Abacus International as India’s premium Global Distribution Network and enable Kuoni Travel (India) to leverage on the former’s full suite of solutions including Abacus WorkSpace and Abacus PowerSuite.Additionally, Kuoni India will benefit from access to A [...]
The Wrap: UnionPay, world’s largest payment card scheme, integrates with Amadeus Payment Platform
In the news this week: China’s UnionPay’s on Amadeus Payment Platform, Abacus BSP air ticketing in China, top overseas destination for Singaporean travellers according to Hotels.com UnionPay, world’s largest payment card scheme, integrates with Amadeus Payment Platform UnionPay International, [...]
China enjoying golden era in travel as e-commerce soars
China’s e-commerce sector continues to shine. According to the Ministry of Commerce People’s Republic of China, the trade volume of China’s e-commerce in the first half year reached 5.66 trillion yuan, up 30.1% year on year. Online retail market reached 1.1 trillion yuan, up 33.4% year on year [...]
More Chinese online shoppers than there are people living in the USA
Some 52.5% of Chinese Internet users now shop online, that’s about 332 million in total – and that’s more than the population of the US (313.9 million).That datapoint was shared by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), Shang Bing, at Beijing’s annual China Interne [...]
Alitalia, Amadeus ink content pact
Alitalia and Amadeus have signed a full content contract which runs until the end of 2013. Under the terms of the agreement, Alitalia has expanded guaranteed access to its full range of fares, schedules and inventory from Europe-wide to all Amadeus travel agencies globally.Marco Sansavini, Alitalia� [...]
Amadeus and Garuda forge partnership
Just announced, Amadeus and Garuda Indonesia have partnered up to create a user-friendly booking system for Garuda's global customers. The implementation of the Amadeus online booking engine was timed to coincide with Garuda Indonesia’s re-introduction of services to Europe with the launch of [...]
Amadeus enhances Extreme Search
Amadeus is enhancing its Extreme Search solution which allows travellers to ask open questions in real-time such as “where can I go on a beach holiday in Europe for less than €600 per person?”Extreme Search was first launched in 2009 and won the Top Innovation Award at the PhocusWright confere [...]
